Re: Sonar 2012 and Off Sonar events

Originally Posted by Boourns

The crowd for Blur at Hyde Park was shit compared to Glastonbury, so I can see that.

An event's crowd being "shit" compared to Glastonbury's crowd, is literally unfathomable to me. (Glastonbury still being one of the worst series of crowd experiences I've been so unlucky to be subjected to).

Boourns, I would be more inclined to do Glade Festival (but it's the same week as Sonar and the lineup is not at all as good).

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Do I understand correctly that Squarepusher's set at Sonar is to be more or less the same one he's toured this weekend for Creator's Project? (The LED installation + music from Ufabulum?

If so, FUCK YEAH.

I need to look over the lineup more but so far I'm really excited for some of the obvious stuff: Squarepusher, Nicolas Jaar, John Talabot, Richie Hawtin, Amon Tobin (I still haven't really been able to give ISAM my full attention), Azari & III, LBS, Julio Bashmore...

Re: Sonar 2012 and Off Sonar events

For Off Sonar, they have already said there will be showcases from...Crosstown Rebels Hot Creations Hourglass Music Culprit LA Get Physical Music Desolat Music Group mobilee records BPitch Control Records Berlin and more...

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Lilia, do you have a good sense of when the off sonar parties start and end (date wise)? I'm trying to start figuring out how long I will want to be in Barcelona. That one on the 13th looks pretty good.

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Oooh - DJ Harvey.

You should give his RA Echange Podcast a listen if you haven't already. He's a funny guy. In one segment he talks about learning he wasn't into dudes after getting head from a tranny in a bar toilet. But, "however you like to dangle your wangle" is fine by him.

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Originally Posted by chiapet

Lilia, do you have a good sense of when the off sonar parties start and end (date wise)? I'm trying to start figuring out how long I will want to be in Barcelona. That one on the 13th looks pretty good.

I know it's super pricey. Adam had to remind me today (cause I wasn't stoked with the announcement this morning) that there are several other huge factors drawing us to Barcelona because dropping $2500+ on flights hurts.

Originally Posted by boarderwoozel3

I just want to ingest mind-altering chemicals and get my mind blown by tribal lasers.

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Should be getting more of the lineup this week. I've updated the first post with all the Off Sonar shows I could find.

Heidi, lmk which ones you're considering. Right now the only one I'm committed to is the Hessle Audio one w/Four Tet, Ben UFO, Peverelist, etc... I'm still waiting to see details on the CLR event and the bPitch Control Boat Party.

Originally Posted by boarderwoozel3

I just want to ingest mind-altering chemicals and get my mind blown by tribal lasers.

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There are so many events that look ridiculously good. This weekend I am going to sit down and really hammer out the tentative itinerary. I also want to start buying tickets. HOLY SHIT I am so happy I am doing this. Dimensions was calling my name... as was Bloc and Bestival but I think this will be a blast. Rooftop pool parties, boat parties, beach parties, warehouse parties ALL THE DELICIOUS FOOD.

Originally Posted by boarderwoozel3

I just want to ingest mind-altering chemicals and get my mind blown by tribal lasers.

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The Carl Craig one, I think was from last year. At least I found the same event for 6/15/2011. But it's listed for 2012 on that Spanish gigs site. Confusing. I'm going to stop looking at Sonar events for a couple of weeks

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I bought a ticket for the Ovum showcase and Classic Showcase, am going to grab a pre-sale for Warehoused as soon as that goes on sale. Classic & Warehoused overlap completely, but they're only 15 Euros combined, so I like having my options open.

The other one that looked really good to me was the Wednesday show at BeCool...

There are a lot of other events listed on RA too, that aren't on our list.